The 2020 Tokyo Paralympics are underway with athletes from around the world competing in 22 sports, one of them being goalball. Goalball? Yes, goalball. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

OWEN MCDONNELL: Hello Gophers and Gopher adjacents, my name is Owen McDonnell and welcome to yet another episode of In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. As you probably ...

Reporting from BERKELEY — The athletes wear plastic black-out goggles and throw or block a ball filled with bells. Just outside the boundaries of the playing court in UC Berkeley’s recreational gym, ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Goalball, a sport that most people have never heard of, was created specifically for athletes with visual impairment. "It was developed after World War 2," says goalball Paralympian ...

PARIS — A soft voice from the loudspeaker reminds the restless crowd: “Shhh. Shhh.” The whistle blows. Suddenly, spectators fall silent and even the slightest noise echoes through the Eiffel Tower ...

The very first athletes to play goalball were veterans who lost their sight fighting in World War II. Today, the game is played all over the world, including on a court inside the rec center at ...

On the court, he doesn’t so much walk as swagger. Every move is fluid yet purposeful, with the natural athlete’s melding of grace and physicality. A strapping 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, he looms as he ...

Goalball is the premiere team sport for blind and visually impaired people worldwide.Photo Gallery You wouldn’t think of a blind person who kicked your butt in sports competition primarily as blind.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Georgia Blind Sports Association held the first annual Savannah Youth Goalball Invitational in Wilmington Island on Saturday. The inaugural event included boys and girls’ teams ...

The players wear eye patches. At either end of a nearly silent indoor basketball court in Seattle, they crouch on hands and knees like people crawling around in the dark — which in a real sense, they ...